University of Lethbridge

 

 

Contact1: Robert Cooney, Communications Officer, Media Relations
Phone (Bus): (403)329-2582
(Direct): (403)382-7173
(Fax): (403)329-2211
(Cell): (403)330-4609
E-mail: robert.cooney@uleth.ca

Address: 4401 University Dr., Lethbridge, AB  T1K 3M4
E-mail: communications@uleth.ca
Web Site: www.uleth.ca

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Keys:
Aboriginal; Aboriginal Business; Aboriginal Law; Aboriginal Studies; Aboriginals

Abortion

Abuse

Academic Freedom

Access to Information

Accounting; Accounting/Laws & Regulations

Active Living

Actors; Actors/Acting

ADD
Addiction; Addiction Studies; Addictions; Addictions Counselling; Addictive Behaviour

ADHD

Adolescent Health

Adult Education
Advertising to Women

Aerospace
Affordable Housing

Africa
Ageing; Aging; Aging Workforce; Aging Relative

Agricultural Loans; Agriculture;Agriculture and Pests; Agriculture History; Agriculture/Marketing Boards/Policy

Agri-Marketing

AIDS

Airborne Geophysics

Alberta Tourism

Alcoholism

ALS

Alternative Energy

Alternative Worship

Alzheimer; Alzheimer Disease; Alzheimer's

American and Politics

Animal Behaviour

Animation

Anthrax

Anthropological Psychology

Antiaging
Antidepressants

Anxiety

Archaeology; Archeology

Architecture 

Art and Soul

Art Galleries; Art Gallery; Art Sales

Arthritis

Arts; Arts Culture

Asperger; Asperger's 

Asset Allocation

Assisted-Suicide
Astronomy

Atomic Tunnelling

Attention Span

Attention Deficit Disorder

Auditors

Autism; Autistic
Bacteria

Bears
Bee Stings

Beef Enzyme Research -- Phosphate Reduction; Beef Industry

Behavioural Research
Bereavement Policies

Bible 

Big Box Effect

Bill 11

Biochemistry

Biodiversity

Bioengineering

Bioethics

Biofeedback
Biological Diversity

Biological War; Biological Weapons 

Biomass

Biophysics

Biotech; Biotechnology
Bioterrorist Threats

Bipolar Disorder

Bird Songs

Bone Marrow
Boomer Business Succession

Bovine Spongiform Encephelopathy

Brain Compatible Learning; Brain Damage/Development; Brain Drain; Brain Injury; Brain Research; Brain Surgery

Branding

Breeding

Broadband; Broadband Wireless

BSE; B.S.E.

Bullying

Burn-Out

Business & Ethics; Business & Literacy; Business Administration; Business Coaching; Business Ethics; Business on the Net; Business Solutions; Business Women; Business/Management

Canada and Britain

Canada and Military
Canada Health Act
Canada-U.S. Relations

Canadian Alliance

Canadian Art

Canadian Environmental Groups

Canadian Government

Canadian Politics

Canadian History

Cancer; Cancer Vaccines

Cannabis

Carbon in Wood Products

Carbon Sinks

Career Development

Career Transition

Careers

Caregiving

Casino; Casinos

Catholic Church

Catholic Education
Cattle Diseases

Cellular Immunology

Censorship

Change
Change Management

Chaos

Charter Schools

Chemistry

Chemotherapy Cause Osteoporosis in Women
Child Advocate

Child Psychology

Children's Books

Children's Policy

Christian

Chromosome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic Illness

Chronic Pain

Chronic Wasting Disease
Churches

Cinema
Clean Energy

Climate; Climate Change; Climatology

Cloning
Co-dependency

Coal

Cockroaches 

Cogeneration

Cognitive Ability; Cognitive Assessment; Cognitive Development

Collective Bargaining

Computer and Software Upgrades; Computer Compatibility; Computer Virus; Computer Viruses

Conflict Resolution

Conservators

Constitutional Law

Construction

Consumer Advocacy; Consumer and Health; Consumer Climate; Consumer Culture; Consumer Confidence; Consumer Loyalty

Consumer Protection

Consumption

Cookies [The Computer Kind]

Corporate and Stress; Corporate Governance; Corporate Learning; Corporate Training; Corporate Wellness

Counselling

Cows

Coyotes

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Crime; Criminology

Crisis Response
Crohn's Disease
Cyber-librarians
Cybersecurity
Data Management

Death; Death and Religion

Decriminalization

Defibrillator
Dementia
Democratic Reform

Demographics and Video Games

Depression

Deregulation

Developmental Psychology

Diabetes
Dietary Supplements

Digital Economy

Digital Photos
Disability Advocates

Disaster Recovery

Discrimination; Discrimination/Workplace; Discrimination Against Older Employees

Divorce

DNA; DNA Identification Clinics; DNA Sequencing Facility

Dogs

Domestic Abuse; Domestic Violence

Dot Com Business Model

Dotcom

Downsizing
Drug Abuse

Dyslexia

Eagles

Earthquakes

E-Business

Eco Technology

E-Coli

Echinacea

Economics; Economics/Forecasting

Ecopsychology

Education; Education Development; Education Funding; Education Research

E-Government

Elder Abuse; Eldercare
Election; Election Campaigns; Elections Coverage

Elections in India

Electoral Procedure; Electoral Reform

Electricity

Electron Microscopy

Electronic Privacy

Emily Carr
Emotional Abuse
Emotional Intelligence

Employee Mentoring; Employee Orientation; Employment

Encryption
End-of-Life Medical Decisions
End-of-life decisions and living wills
End-of-Life Medical Decisions

Energy Conservation

English

Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship

Environment; Environmental Education; Environmental Technology; Environmentalists
Ephedra

Ergonomics

Ethics

Ethics and Journalism

Ethics/Biomedical

Etymology

Euthanasia
Executive Incentives
Exercise Promotes Brain Function
Exercise to Beat DepressionEntomology

Fall Prevention; Falls

Family Violence

Farming

Fathers
Federal Election
Feed Lot Management
Feed Lots

Female Crime

Feminism

Fiberoptic; Fibre Optics

Financial literacy
Firewall

Fireworks, Bands May Lead to Hearing Loss
First Nations

Fitness

Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Foreign Policy

Forensic Accounting

Forensic Entomology

Forest Management
Frail Elders

Free Trade; Free Trade/NAFTA

Fuel Cell
Functional Illiteracy

Fund Raising

Gambling; Gambling and Youth

Gender Issues

Gender Selection

Gene Therapy

Genealogy

Genetic Engineering; Genetic Modification; Genetics; Genome Sequencing

Geographic Information Systems

Geographical Information Sciences

Geography

Geology

Geomatics

Geophysical

Geriatric
Geriatrics and depression

Gerontology

Gifted Students

GIS
Global Company; Global Health Care

Global Positioning System

Global Warming

Globalization

GM Food

God

Government Debt

Government Relations

GPS

Greenhouse Gas; Greenhouse Gases

Grief Counselling

Gun Control
Guerilla Marketing
HR Outsourcing

Hackers
Hanta Virus

Hate Groups

Headaches

Health Care; Health-Care Labour; Health Policy; Health Reform; Health Research; Health Surveillance System; Health Care System
Heavy drinking

Herbal

High Blood Pressure

Hindi
Hip Hop

History/American

History/Canadian

HIV

Home Care Research

Home Schooling

Homeless

Horticulture
Hospice Care

Hospital; Hospital Statistics; Hospitals

Human Behaviour

Human Rights

Huntington's Disease

Hydrogen

Hydroponics

Hymns

Ice

Immigration

Impulse Purchasing

India

Infant Cognition

Infectious Diseases

Infosat

Innovation and Science

Insects

Insider Trading

Interactive Media
Interest Rates

International Development; International Finance; International Law; International Trade Policy
International Nurses Day

Internet Development; Internet Marketing; Internet Security

Internship

Interracial

Inuit; Inuit/Art

Invasive Plants

Iraq

Irrigation

Islam

Israel

IT in Construction

Japan

Jobs

Joint Ventures

Kinesiology

Kyoto

Labor Sponsored Funds

Labour Policy

Latin America

Law/Eyewitness Testimony

Leading Edge Technology

Legalizing Marijuana

Libel

Liability Insurance

Library Technician

Linguistics

Literacy;Literature

Livestock; Livestock Transportation

Locust
Long Term Care
Long-Term Health Care

Mad Cow Disease; Mad Cow Disease Economic Impact
Managed Care

Management Coaching; Management Education; Management Training

Manufacturing

Map; Maps

Marijuana

Marketing
Marketing: Emotional and Sensory Content
Meat Safety
Medical Ethics - DNA

Medical Testing

Memory; Memory Lapses

Mental Health; Menatl Health Issues; Mental Illness

Mentor

Mergers

Meteorites; Meteorologist; Meteorology

Metis

Middle East Conflict

Mi'kmaq

Military; Military History; Military Law; Military Technology
Minimum Wage

Mining
Minority Health

Minority Rights

Mood Disorders; Moods

Mortgages
Mothers and Daughters

Multiculturalism

Multiple Sclerosis

Museum

Mushrooms
Music; Music Education; Music Technology

Muslim

NAFTA
Nanoscience; Nanotechnology

NASA 
National Health Council

Native Issues; Native Peoples; Native Women

Nerve Cell Could Be Target to Ease Pain
Neurology

Neurosurgery

Newfoundland

New Year's Resolutions

Nitrogen Oxide

Northwest Territories

Nostradamus

Nuclear Power Policy

Nurse Practitioner; Nurses; Nurses Role in Complementary Therapy; Nursing; Nursing Shortage

Nutraceuticals

Nutrients; Nutrition

Obesity
Occupational Health and Safety; Occupational Stress

Oilseeds
Online Gambling

Online Investing

Opera

Organ Donation Issues

Organic;Organic Agriculture; Organic Farming; Organic Gardening

Orthopedic

P2P (Peer to Peer)

Pain Tolerance

Pakistan
Palliative Care

Parasite

Parental Responsibilities

Parenting

Parkinson's; Parkinsons Disease

Parks
Patient Care

Pay Equity

Peer-to-Peer Education

Pesticide; Pesticides

Petroglyphs
Pharmaceuticals

Physical Education

Pictographs

Planets
Play; Playwrights

Political Science

Political Science and Iraq

Politics

Polls

Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Pop Culture

Post-Secondary Education
Post-traumatic Stress

Pot

Potato
Poverty

Precision Farming
Prions

Production Accounting

Project Planning
Proteins

Proteomics

Psychologist; Psychology

Psychology Experiments
Public Health
Qatar

Quantum; Quantum Computer

Racism

Reading Education

Recession

Recruitment

Reflex Studies

Refugees

Religion; Religious Phenomena

Remote Sensing

Renewable Energy
Restorative Justice
Resume fraud
Retirement

Rhetoric
Rights of Illegal Immigrants

Risk Manager

Rock Art

Rodin

Rural Sociologists

Safe Water

Salmon

Satellite

Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM)
Schizophrenia

School Shootings

Scripture

Sculpture

SAD; Seasonal Affective Disorder

Self Help

Seniors Health Issues -- Balance and Fear of Falling

Sex Addiction; Sex Therapy; Sex

Sexism

Sleep Disorders
Small Business Development; Small Businesses

Social Anthropology

Social Policy

Socialism

Software Industry

Soil Testing

Soy

Space Exploration

Spam; SPAM

Special Education

Spiders

Sport History; Sports; Sports Marketing; Sports Nutrition; Sports Psychologist

Stem Cell; Stem Cell Research

Stress; Stress Disorder

Strikes

Student; Students; Student Associations; Student Exchange; Student Loans

Substance Abuse
Suicide

Summer Schools; Summer Theatre

Summit of The Americas

Supply Chain Management

Sustainability; Sustainable Forestry

Systematic Theology

Tariffs

Tax Analysis

Tax Litigation; Tax Planning; Taxation/Fiscal Policy; Tax Planning Tips for Small Businesses

Teach Abroad; Teacher Preparation

Teenage Pregnancy

Telecommuting

Theatre; Theatre/Drama

Thesis

Toxicity

Trade

Trans fat; Trans-Fat Ban in Restaurants

Transgenic

Travel

Treaty Rights

Two-Tier Health System

UFO

Union

Universities; University; University Branding; University Enrolment

Unpaid Work

Urban Anthropology; Urban Development

Video Streaming

Virus

Water; Water Divisions; Water Issues; Water Quality; Water Resources

War; War Measures Act

Weather; Weather History

Weed; Weeds
West Nile Virus

Western Alienation; Western Economic Diversification; Western Economy

Wildlife

Wind Energy;Wind Power

Wireless; Wireless Internet

Women; Women/Sport; Women's Health; Women's Issues; Women's Soccer
Workplace Sexual Harassment

World Youth Day

WTO; WTO Agreement On Agriculture

Yard Art

Young Offenders Act

Youth; Youth Companies; Youth Culture; Youth Mental Health
Zoology

Alberta*

 

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Expertise: Established 1967; approx. 700 employees. The university is a primarily undergraduate, liberal education institution, with approx. 5,000 students.

Features:

·       Committed to a tradition of liberal education aimed at providing students with a broad-based experience in sciences, social sciences, humanities, & arts regardless of their professional program.

·       Offers degrees in arts, science, education, fine arts, management, and health sciences--as well as 12 professional transfer programmes, including medicine, engineering, and law.

·       Dedicated to maintaining & upgrading technologically-advanced systems for student information, library operations, financial record keeping, & much more.

·       First Canadian university to implement asynchronous transfer mode (ATM). ATM is 15 times faster than the current ethernet standard. This latest installment has increased the bandwidth available to the university's network, thus giving U of L a high performance technology enabling delivery of multiple types of data such as computer, voice, & full-motion video over the same network.

·       Capital campaign to raise funds for the new technologically-advanced library information network centre. This will offer students study labs with the latest computer technology & will house teleconferencing facilities, adequate room to display the U of L's entire library collection, additional classroom space, & more.

 

February 2004 Legend: New Canada Research Chair Has Happy Memories of the U of L; Research Shows Early Lethbridge Prepared to Survive Beyond Coal Industry; Does Wing Wear Influence Bumblebees' Lifespan?; Dr. Howard Tennant Received Order of Canada; Flintbox Helps Researchers Utilize E-commerce.

 

2003 Community Report
Shirley DeBow formally became the 10th Chancellor of the University of Lethbridge on May 23.

Students have moved into the six new townhome units that were built to house up to 96 students in 24, four-bedroom suites.

A WISE Investment - Water Institute for Semi-arid Ecosystems - water resource management for semi-arid regions.

Chemistry/Biochemistry: Fattening Up the Farm Economy.

Biological Sciences: Ground Breaking Research into Richardson's Ground Squirrels.

Native American Studies: Leroy Little Bear, A Leader in Cross Cultural Education.

Management: Centre for Health Management Research.

Economics: Environmentally Friendly Economics.

Anthropology: Researching Urban Poverty.

Sociology: The Value of Volunteers.

English: Magic and Masculinity.

Chemistry/Biochemistry: Dynamic Research.

History: History of Homicide.

Biological Sciences: Understanding Our Atmosphere.

Psychology and Neuroscience: Navigational Know-How.

 

Story Ideas:
October 4, 2005: U of L Honours Students, Peacekeepers and an Astronaut at Fall Convocation Ceremony, October 15, 2005; Women's Studies Major Is a Pioineering Graduand; University of Lethbridge Receives $12 Million to Construct Water Research Facility
August 25, 2004: Kainai First Nation Men's Gathering
July 13, 2004: Drought Conditions Focus of Major Water Conference; Confronting Water Scarcity: Where Has All The Water Gone? Conference, July 13-16 2004
May 2004: Drought Conditions Focus of Major Water Conference, July 13 - 16, 2004; Confronting Water Scarcity: Where Has All The Water Gone? Conference, July 13-16 2004
March 31, 2004: University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge School District 51, Red Crow Community College and Montana-based Blackfeet Tribal Business Council (Blackfeet Nation of Montana) Launch Unique International Research Program
March 31, 2004: University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge School District 51, Red Crow Community College and Montana-based Blackfeet Tribal Business Council (Blackfeet Nation of Montana) Launch Unique International Research Program
February 2004: University Announces 2004 Honorary Degree Recipients

2003
August 27, 2003: University of Lethbridge, Red Crow College Partner TO Launch Unique Teacher Education Program
July 21, 2003: The Great Canadian Cattle Drive Lassoes 180 IGA Stores Across Western Canada
July 2, 2003: U of L Researcher Linking Stress And Parkinson's Disease
June 17, 2003: Researchers Discover Early Warning Signals That Lead To Genetic Changes In Stressed Plants
June 3, 2003: University of Lethbridge Opens Unique Deep-Space Astronomical Instrumentation Research Lab
March 21, 2003: U of L, Alberta Gaming Research Institute Host International 'Prevention of Problem Gambing' Conference
February 7, 2003: Hockey Culture Impacts Emotional & Social Health of Players

2002
November 3, 2002: New Test Assists Researchers Looking for Cures to Blindness, Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience
September 17, 2002: U of L Community Report Reaches More than 250,000 Alberta Homes
July 19, 2002: 'Write From the Start' Helps Teachers Jump-Start Primary-Grade Students' Writing Skills
April 23, 2002: Playing Behind the Glass: U of L Researchers Demonstrate How Parents Support Violence in Minor Hockey

2001
November 28, 2001: Canadian Tax Reform As Challenging As Constitutional Reform, New Book on Politics of Taxation in Canada Reveals
August 27, 2001: Research Reveals Employee Connection Critical to Success in Organizational Change.

updated: July 5, 2007

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